Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Birthdate
March 22, 1976 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Acting

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Birthdate
March 22, 1976 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2015, and Forbes listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019 and 2021. In 2021, Forbes named her the world's highest earning actress, and in 2023, she was named one of the richest women in America with an estimated net worth of $440 million.

Witherspoon began her career as a teenager, making her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). Her breakthrough came in 1999 with a supporting role in Cruel Intentions, and for her portrayal of Tracy Flick in the black comedy Election. She gained wider recognition for playing Elle Woods in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001) and its 2003 sequel, and for starring in the romantic comedy Sweet Home Alabama (2002). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying June Carter Cash in the musical biopic Walk the Line (2005). Following a career downturn, during which her sole box-office success was the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011), Witherspoon made a comeback by producing and starring as Cheryl Strayed in the drama Wild (2014), which earned her a second nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.

She has since worked primarily in television, producing and starring in several female-led literary adaptations under her company Hello Sunshine. These include the HBO drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019–present), and the Hulu miniseries Little Fires Everywhere (2020). For the first of these, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. She has also produced the film adaptations Gone Girl (2014) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), and the miniseries adaptation Daisy Jones & the Six (2023).

Witherspoon also owns Reese's Book Club and a clothing company, Draper James. She is involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations. She serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation dedicated to women's causes.

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Reese Witherspoon's LGBTQ+ Titles

Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions
Annette Hargrove

Acting (110)

Tiny Trailblazers as Fern (1 episode)
Legally Blonde 3 as Elle Woods
Tracy Flick Can't Win as Tracy Flick
2025
You're Cordially Invited as Margot
2023
June as Self
2023
My Kind of Country as Self (1 episode)
2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (voice)
2023
Your Place or Mine as Debbie
2022
Minions & More Volume 2 as Rosita (voice)
2021
Sing 2 as Rosita (voice)
2021
Come Home as Rosita (voice)
2021
Friends: The Reunion as Self
2020
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) as Self
2020
The Drew Barrymore Show as Self (2 episodes)
2020
Get Organized with The Home Edit (1 episode)
2020
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music as Self
2020
Becoming as Self
2020
My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
2020
Fierce Queens as Narrator (voice) (7 episodes)
2020
Little Fires Everywhere as Elena Richardson (8 episodes)
2019
The Morning Show as Bradley Jackson (31 episodes)
2019
This Changes Everything as Self
2019
Digital Content as Self
2018
Shine On with Reese as Self - Host (9 episodes)
2018
A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Whatsit
2017
Election - Reese Witherspoon as Self
2017
Home Again as Alice Kinney
2017
Big Little Lies as Madeline Mackenzie (14 episodes)
2017
Gunter Babysits as Rosita (voice)
2016
Sing as Rosita (voice)
2016
Chelsea as Self (1 episode)
2015
Everything Is Copy as Self
2015
The Muppets as Self (1 episode)
2015
Nature Is Speaking as Home (1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (2 episodes)
2015
Hot Pursuit as Officer Rose 'Coop' Cooper
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2014
Inherent Vice as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
2014
9 Kisses as Girl at Costume Party
2014
Wild as Cheryl Strayed
2014
The Good Lie as Carrie Davis
2014
73 Questions as Self (1 episode)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (3 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2013
Devil's Knot as Pam Hobbs
2013
Mud as Juniper
2013
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2012
The Mindy Project as Reese Witherspoon (1 episode)
2012
Dreamworks Spooky Stories as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2012
This Means War as Lauren
2011
Water for Elephants as Marlena Rosenbluth
2010
How Do You Know as Lisa Jorgenson
2010
Conan as Self (2 episodes)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2009
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2009
Monsters vs Aliens as Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
2008
Four Christmases as Kate
2007
Rendition as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (5 episodes)
2006
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line as Self
2006
Penelope as Annie
2005
Just Like Heaven as Dr. Elizabeth Masterson
2005
Walk the Line as June Carter
2004
Vanity Fair as Becky Sharp
2003
Freedom: A History of Us as Factory Girl (1 episode)
2003
Freedom: A History of Us as Sarah Raymond (1 episode)
2003
Freedom: A History of Us as Susan Magoffin (1 episode)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (3 episodes)
2003
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde as Elle Woods
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2002
Sweet Home Alabama as Melanie Smooter
2002
American Idol as Self (2 episodes)
2002
The Importance of Being Earnest as Cecily Cardew
2001
Revealed with Jules Asner (1 episode)
2001
Legally Blonde as Elle Woods
2001
The Trumpet of the Swan as Serena (voice)
2000
Little Nicky as Holly
2000
American Psycho as Evelyn Williams
1999
Rove as Self (1 episode)
1999
Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1999
Election as Tracy Enid Flick
1999
Best Laid Plans as Lissa
1999
Cruel Intentions as Annette Hargrove
1998
Pleasantville as Jennifer
1998
TRL (1 episode)
1998
Overnight Delivery as Ivy Miller
1998
Twilight as Mel Ames
1997
The View as Self (2 episodes)
1997
The View as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1997
King of the Hill as Debbie (voice) (2 episodes)
1996
Freeway as Vanessa Lutz
1996
Fear as Nicole Walker
1994
Friends as Jill Green (2 episodes)
1994
S.F.W. as Wendy Pfister
1993
Return to Lonesome Dove as Ferris Dunnigan (4 episodes)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1993
Jack the Bear as Karen Morris
1993
A Far Off Place as Nonnie Parker
1992
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child as Cassie Robbins
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (3 episodes)
1991
Wildflower as Ellie Perkins
1991
The Man in the Moon as Danielle "Dani" Trant
1989
The Simpsons as Greta (voice) (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (3 episodes)
1981
Entertainment Tonight as Self (3 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (2 episodes)
1975
People's Choice Awards as Self - Winner (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (3 episodes)
1952
Today as Self (1 episode)

Production (43)

Tiny Trailblazers • Executive Producer (1 episode)
• Executive Producer (1 episode)
All Stars • Executive Producer (1 episode)
• Executive Producer (1 episode)
Elle • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
Legally Blonde 3 • Producer
• Producer
The Cactus • Producer
• Producer
The Thing About Jellyfish • Producer
• Producer
Run, Rose, Run • Producer
• Producer
Tracy Flick Can't Win • Producer
• Producer
Mrs. Claus • Producer
• Producer
Twelfth Knight • Producer
• Producer
2025
You're Cordially Invited • Producer
• Producer
2024
The Pasta Queen • Executive Producer (13 episodes)
• Executive Producer (13 episodes)
2024
Influenced • Executive Producer (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2024
Side Hustlers • Executive Producer (5 episodes)
• Executive Producer (5 episodes)
2024
Meet Me in Rome • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
Love in Fairhope • Executive Producer (9 episodes)
• Executive Producer (9 episodes)
2023
Surf Girls Hawai'i • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2023
Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
The Last Thing He Told Me • Executive Producer (7 episodes)
• Executive Producer (7 episodes)
2023
Tiny Beautiful Things • Executive Producer (8 episodes)
• Executive Producer (8 episodes)
2023
My Kind of Country • Executive Producer (8 episodes)
• Executive Producer (8 episodes)
2023
Daisy Jones & the Six • Executive Producer (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2023
Your Place or Mine • Producer
• Producer
2023
Meet Me in Paris • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2022
Something from Tiffany's • Producer
• Producer
2022
From Scratch • Executive Producer (8 episodes)
• Executive Producer (8 episodes)
2022
Surface • Executive Producer (8 episodes)
• Executive Producer (8 episodes)
2022
Where the Crawdads Sing • Producer
• Producer
2022
Fair Play • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2020
Get Organized with The Home Edit • Executive Producer (1 episode)
• Executive Producer (1 episode)
2020
Little Fires Everywhere • Executive Producer (8 episodes)
• Executive Producer (8 episodes)
2019
Truth Be Told • Executive Producer (28 episodes)
• Executive Producer (28 episodes)
2019
The Morning Show • Executive Producer (30 episodes)
• Executive Producer (30 episodes)
2019
Lucy in the Sky • Producer
• Producer
2018
Master the Mess • Executive Producer (12 episodes)
• Executive Producer (12 episodes)
2018
Shine On with Reese • Executive Producer (9 episodes)
• Executive Producer (9 episodes)
2017
Big Little Lies • Executive Producer (14 episodes)
• Executive Producer (14 episodes)
2015
Hot Pursuit • Producer
• Producer
2014
Wild • Producer
• Producer
2014
Gone Girl • Producer
• Producer
2009
Legally Blondes • Producer
• Producer
2006
Penelope • Producer
• Producer
2003
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer

Creator (1)

Tiny Trailblazers • Creator
• Creator